I had to stop, it has some fairly nasty content in it (e.g. making jokes about LGBT people or not, taxes being spent on second generation immigrants).
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Simulator of the life of a 30-year-old in the UK
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#22This could actually be good but instead it just comes across as a coded xenophobic rant. Wasted opportunity!
Great way of putting it.
This looks like ragebait.
First 2 things I saw:
- the idea that £100k deposit is needed to buy a house
- some weird stuff about nationwide initiatives and hypothesised awkward conversations with people who might be Muslims.
Maybe I got unlucky?
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#23This could actually be good but instead it just comes across as a coded xenophobic rant. Wasted opportunity!
I missed that bit. What did it say?
Overblown dog whistles about "celebrate hijab day" or some such made-up nonsense I only hear about in conservative self victimisation fantasies.
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#24This could actually be good but instead it just comes across as a coded xenophobic rant. Wasted opportunity!
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#25Every time I feel bad about living in the US, I just think it could be worse: I could be living in the UK.
Hang in there UK.
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#26I live in the East Midlands in the UK. You can grab a reasonable first house here for less than £150k quite easily. So you'll need a 5% deposit, £7,500 for one of those. One person on an average salary for the area would be able to afford a mortgage for a house like this on their own. But Nick has a girlfriend, who can hopefully work, so should be able to afford it easily. But half of people earn less than the mean s…
Start pressing buttons and you'll see even more weird claims that most sane Brits won't recognise. This is a weird website that probably shouldn't be given much time.
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#27How can Nick's rent be £4,500?
You can rent a nice, 2 bedroom flat with two showers+toilets, 13 mins' walk from a London Underground station in zone 3, for less than £2,000.
Even if they don't want to share with another couple, Nick and his girlfriend should each be paying less than £1,000, no?
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Partially true, but being the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution was also a major factor.
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#29This could actually be good but instead it just comes across as a coded xenophobic rant. Wasted opportunity!
I knew it was going to be coded from the headline, wasn't sure in which direction. Cheers for saving the click.
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#30Am I the only one who noticed the gov.uk theme? Pretty brilliant!